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Memphis – Memphis Martyrs

March 28, 2020Memphis, Memphis Martyrs

Yellow fever decimated the city in 1878, with this sign noting those martyrs who bravely remained to try and save

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (Martin Luther King’s Eulogy)

March 28, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

Part of the eulogy that Martin Luther King wrote on 4 February 1968, when he knew that his life was

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (Martin Luther King’s Cell)

March 28, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

This is a recreation of the prison cell that Martin Luther King was placed in following his arrest for taking

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (Jim Crow Today)

March 28, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

The museum used many different types of exhibits to explain the history of civil rights and this graphic was presented

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (Freedom Riders)

March 27, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

The first time I had heard of the Freedom Riders was at this museum, a group of very brave passengers

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (I Am a Man)

March 27, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

This is one of the displays at the National Civil Rights Museum which relates to the sanitation strike which took

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Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum (Room 306)

March 26, 2020Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum

A visit to the marvellous National Civil Rights Museum ends, I think quite abruptly, with room 306. On the balcony

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Memphis – Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken

March 26, 2020Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken, Memphis

Back to January 2018 and there was one restaurant in Memphis that was outstandingly well rated (and it still is)

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United States – Missouri – St. Louis – One Day Three Nations

February 25, 2019Missouri, One Day Three Nations, St. Louis, United States

Three Flags Day was when on 9 and 10 March 1804 Spain gave Louisiana to France, who then gave the

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Memphis – Sultana Disaster

July 31, 2018Memphis, Sultana Disaster

I remember watching Huckleberry Finn when I was younger and I’ve had it in my mind that it was meant

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2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Blaze Pizza in Newark)
Newark 

2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Blaze Pizza in Newark)

January 29, 2023

As it was day 30 of this trip and I was about to head to the airport, I decided against

2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Tom Otterness Sculpture in Newark)
Newark 

2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Tom Otterness Sculpture in Newark)

January 29, 2023
2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Old Fire Station in Newark)
Newark 

2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Old Fire Station in Newark)

January 29, 2023

This site is the ‘fascinating’ (OK, it’s not that fascinating I admit) story of my travels around the world over the last few years. I’m conscious that there is so much more to visit, and I’ll do my best to carry on travelling as much as I can. I wouldn’t take anything too seriously, because I’ve rarely managed to…..

For previous adventures, here’s 2013-2018 and also 2019.

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  • 2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Blaze Pizza in Newark) January 29, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Tom Otterness Sculpture in Newark) January 29, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 30 (Old Fire Station in Newark) January 29, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 29 (Comfort Suites Newark – Harrison) January 29, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Amtrak Train Journey : Birmingham to Newark – Over 24 hours in coach) January 28, 2023

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